The developing world is catching up with the industrialized world faster than most people realize. The idea of a clear division between poor and rich, and a great divide between them, is a concept of the past that has survived since the 1950’s. The reality is much more nuanced, something Swedish global health professor Hans Rosling demonstrates in this now classic TED talk.
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